Moving picture camera



Aug. 29, 1939. M. A. DALOTEL MOVING PICTURE CAMERA Filed June A21, 193B Patented Aug. 29, 1939 PATENT OFFICE HGVING PICTURE CAMERA Mam-: alben mi, neun, France, asigna to Susanne Rosalie Hathet, Paris, France Application June 21, 1938, Serial No. 215,013

In France June 29, 1937 'Ihe present invention relates to a moving picture camera and its main object is to prevent the noises issued from the camera mechanism, from the driving motor and from the movement oi the hlm to exert an objectionable effect on the sound recording apparatus. It has already beenproposed to this eiect to build the housing oi the camera of an acoustically insulating ma- -terial and to suspend theV various mechanisms l0 of the camera elastically inside said housing, but this causes firstly a complication of the structure and then, it only prevents quite ineiiiciently the jtransmission of the mechanisi'ii'ioises towards .fthe outside through the various control and adlbf justing means passing through the wall oflthe housing. It has also been proposed to place the entire camera, together with the nlm casings inside an aeoustlcally insulating box which may be removed, or which is fitted with convenient zo apertures for loading the camera, but the devices of this sort, realized up to the present day, are cumbersome, diillcult to transport, and do not permit the loading oi the camera with the desir- -able rapidity and ease.

The apparatus object of the present invention is designed to remedy to these drawbacks, and" it is characterized by the fact that the sound proof insulating cover is constituted by a box of moulded material, preferably lined with rubber on the inside and consisting in a base plate and a hood moulded in one single piece, the camera being fixed in a convenient manner to said base plate and to the upper part of the hood, which is further covered by a casing, also of moulded material fixed externally in a detachable manner to said upper part of the hood, which casing may be opened and forms the housing of the two iilm magazines of the camera.

By way of example, there has been described below and represented on the annexed drawing lan embodiment of the apparatus according to the invention:

Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in longitudinal section.

Figure 2 is a partial end view from the right side.

Referring to Figure, 1, the moving picture I oi any normal type, the operation of which has been rendered by construction as silent as poss'ble, is located inside of a sound proof insulating box constituted by a base plate 2 and a hood 3, the box preferably consisting in a moulded material lined on the inside by a rubber layer l. The camera I is maintained inside the soundproof box by fitting intothe rectangular slots I',

I" provided on the surface oi the rubber layer oi the base plate 2 of the box and of that of the upper flap of the hood 1, between which the camera is` firmly clamped in position. On the upper part of the hood 3 is mounted a removable housing adapted to receive the illm magazines 5, 'I' of the camera I. This housing, also oi moulded material, is constituted by a supporting plate i which may be iixed bymeans of four screws 1, 1' to the hood 3 and integral with a central post IV to which are hinged in 9, 9' two shells Il, Il' which may be lifted by pivoting about the hinges 9, 9 for loading the camera. and which may be clampedin the` opened position by means ot the grooves II, Il in which the pivoting axis may slide. The two shells Il, Il are locked in their closed position shown on the drawing by means of two flat metal parts, such as I2 sliding vertically in the lateral grooves provided in the post 8 and comprising at their lower' ends lugs I3 engaging behind corresponding projections I4 provided on the lower edge of theshells Il, Il which are thus rmly held against the central post l. The two parts I2 are actuated by eccentrics I5 keyed to a transverse "shaft Ii joui-nailed in the post I and actuated by button I1, the eccentrics being located in rectangular apertures Il provided in the sliding parts I2. 'Ihe magazine casings 5, 5 are iixed inside the housing by means of removable pins I9 engaging the lateral rings 20 iixed to the supporting plate i. The supporting plate 6 and the upper part of the hood 3 to which it is iixed, are provided with slots 2i, 22 and ZI', 22' for allowing the film 23 to pass.

'I'he hood 3 is provided in front with a laterally hinged glass window 2l and, on one side, with a full door 25 pivoted about the horizontal hinge 26 and permitting the access of the adjusting and control means of the camera l. The closing of these doors is made perfect by means of a rubber seam and the doors are further provided with a number of locking means distributed around their periphery and actuated' by means of a single button. This arrangement, which .has been represented on the drawing for the lateral door 25, consists of a iiat metal part 21 with a number of arms 2l, 2l', 2l" mounted on an axis 29 and movable in a slot in the body of the door, the ends of the arms 2l engaging, when the door is being closed, in notches 3l, 30', 30" provided on the surface of the hood. The rotation of part 21 is controlled by-a small link 3l actuated by an eccentric 32 keyed to the shaft 33 of a smallactuating button 3l.

effected through the front integral with the camera l.

At the rear side, the hood 3 carries a threaded aperture 35 into which is screwed the normally removable part 36 of the focussing lens, the aperture 35 being located in a manner that this part of the lens comes to lie exactly in the produced direction of part 31 of the lens, which is All the adjustments ofthe camera, when the latter is stopped, are door and the side door of the hood, with the same ease as if the hood werenot present. The starting, stopping, focussing,l actuating of the ground glass and diaphra'gms, rotation of the camera by hand are effected from the outside, with the hood closed, by means of simplepush rods or handles, such as 38, 39 which normally are not in contact with the camera. Lastly, a cylindric housing 4U, also of moulded material, lined with rubber and acting as a housing for the camera driving motor, is screwed in the rear side of the hood; the motor is carried at one end by the camera l and 'does not come info Contact,r at any moment, with the sound proof housing`40. 'Ihe housing is provided with a tight closing lid 4i, the closing of which is obtained by a device similar to that of the hood doors and comprising a rotating disc 42 (Figure 2) provided with pins 43, 43', 43" engagingwith corresponding notches adapted on the edge of the housing 4D. The disc is actuated 1. soundl insulating box made of plastic mate-r' ture 45 of the disc keyed actuating button '41;

by--an eccentric. 44 located in a rectangular apertothe shaft 46 of an WhatI claim is:

consisting of three detachable parts comprising a base plate, a removable hoodmoulded in one piece and ya magazine housingremovablymounted on the upper flap of said Vhood and comprising a supporting-plate, a central post `integralwith said 1 platev` and 'two 'shells hinged on said central post,

two slits provided in the upper nap of the hood and in the supporting plate of the magazine housing for the passage of the lm, rectangular recesses provided in the rubber lining of the base plate and .of the upper flap of the hood which closely fit around the top and vbottom of the camera, a glass door in the front wall of the hood facing the object lens of the camera and a door for the access to the camera in the side wall of said hood.

2. Sound insulating box made of plastic material lined with rubber for motion picture cameras, consisting of three detachable parts comprisinga base plate, a removable hood moulded in one piece and a magazine housing removably mounted on the upper flap of said hood and comprising a sup-`- porting plate, aV central post integral with said plate and two shells hinged on said central post,

two slits provided in the upper ap of the hood and in the supporting plate of the magazine housing for the passageof the flin",` rectangular recesses provided in the rubber lining'of the base plate and of the upper iiap of the`hood which closely t around the top and bottom of the camera, a glass door in front wall of the hood facing the object lens of the camera and a door for the access to the camera in the side wall of said hood, a cylindrical housing forming the motor compartment removably fixed on the rear wall of the hood, a cover closing the rear end of said cylindrical compartment.

3. Sound insulatingrbox made of plastic material lined with rubber for motion picture cameras, consisting of three detachable parts comprising a base plate, a removable hood moulded in one piece and a magazine housing removably mounted on the upper iap of said hood and comprising a `supporting plate, a central post integral with said plate, two shells provided with transverse horizontal hinges for pivoting them on the forward upper edge and on the rear upper edge of the central post respectively, means for locking said shells in the lifted position, these latter means comprising two lateral plates sliding vertically to either side of the central post, a transverse shaft journalled in the post and provided with a control knob, on this shaft an eccentric for controlling the vertical displacements of said plates, pins provided at the lower edgesof these plates and notches formed on the lower edges of the shells and engaging with said pins, two slits provided in the upper ap of the hood and in the supporting plate of the magazine housing for the passage of the lm, rectangular recesses provided in the rubber lining of the base plate and of the upper iiap of the hood which closely t around the top and bottom of the camera, aglass door in the front wall of the hood facing the object lens of the camera and a door for the access to the camera in the side wall of said hood.

4. Sound insulating box made of plastic material lined with rubber for motion picture cameras, consisting of three. detachable parts comprising a base plate, a removable hood moulded in one piece and a magazine housing removably mounted on the upper ap of said hood and comprising a supporting plate, a`r central post plate and two shells hinged on said central post,

two slits provided in the upper ap of the hood and in the supporting plate of the magazine hous ing for the passage of the film, rectangular recesses provided in the rubber lining of the base plate and of the upper flap of the hood which closely iit around the top and bottom of the camera, a glass door in the front wall of the hood facing the object lens of-the camera and a'door for the access to the camera in' the side wall of said hood, means for locking said doors compris- MAURICE ALBERT DALOTEL.

integral with said l 

